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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,567 posts) Sat Jun 9, 2018, 08:56 PM Jun 2018

Trump's Labor Department eviscerates worker safety panels

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Btw, this story comes from ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network and @RebeccaKMoss. Turns out supporting local journalism means supporting damn good stories, ones of critical national relevance.

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Trump has also eviscerated five worker safety boards: One for construction workers One for sailors One for nuke workers And two on overall safety. https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-labor-department-eviscerates-workplace-safety-panels …

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I didn't see anything at Jordan Barab's blog about this.

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Trump's Labor Department eviscerates worker safety panels (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 OP

Literally will have to rebuild what they broke Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #1

Crutchez_CuiBono

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1. Literally will have to rebuild what they broke

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Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:19 PM

Jun 2018

All the while taking pot shots and filibustering like it was the first time. We need shovel ready legislation to retroactively wash out anything he changed...otherwise, it'll be 30 years more to get back to where Obama left us.

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